buffer
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The uptick in earnings revisions has coincided with the rise in Treasury yields, and that has provided a buffer for stocks, credit and risk assets overall.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Senior officers devised a sterile buffer zone between Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Parliament Square.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
The U.A.E. has hinted it intends to tap in to this buffer to produce more once the strait reopens, though it isn’t clear how much more it can actually produce above current levels.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
That route, called the Traffic Separation Scheme, established one 2-mile-wide lane for entering and one 2-mile-wide lane for leaving the Persian Gulf, plus a 2-mile-wide buffer zone.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
He seemed to see, in their closeness, proof of his own good choice, as though he had knowingly brought a gift to his family, a buffer between his wife and daughter.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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